Irving Langmuir collection

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: SCA-0222

Staff Only

Content Description

Photographs, publications, papers, and ephemera from Irving Langmuir. The collection also contains business correspondence of his father, Charles Langmuir. Eight albums of photographs document travels throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe.

Dates

Creation: 1882 - 1951

Creator

Langmuir, Irving, 1881-1957 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Materials are open without restrictions.

Biographical / Historical

1881 Jan. 31 Born, Brooklyn, N. Y. 1903 B.S, Columbia School of Mines, Columbia University, N.Y. 1906 Ph.D., University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany 1906-1909 Chemistry instructor, Stevens Institute, Hoboken, N.J. 1909-1950 Engaged in physical chemistry research at General Electric 1932 Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1950-1957 Consultant to General Electric Research Laboratory 1957 Died, Falmouth, Mass.